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Upazila: Shyamnagar, District: Satkhira December 2014 of Upazila: Shyamnagar, District: Satkhira December 2014 Local Capacity Building and Community Empowerment (LCBCE) Programme. Supported by: UNICEF Table of Content Sl # Content Page # 1. Union Map 03 2. Background, Socio-economic conditions , Disaster Vulnerabilities 04 3. Socio-economic condition 04 4. Geography 04 5. Disaster/ Vulnérabilités 05 6. Hard-to-Reach Areas. 05 7. Population in general 05 8. Child Population 06 9. Snapshot of situation of children and women in the union 06 10. Health and Nutrition 07 11. Situation of Birth Registration, Disability and Child Marriage 08 12. Child Labour 09 13. Education: Pre Primary, Primary and Secondary level 09 14. Water and Sanitation 10 15. Service by NGOs 10 16. Union Parishad Functional Status 11 17. Table 1.1: Ward wise Sex disaggregated population data 13 18. Table 1.2: Age specific child population 14 19. Table 2.1: Ward wise number of Children fully immunized or left out 15 20. Table 2.2: Ward wise number of pregnant women with status of IFA intake 16 21. Table 2.3: Infrastructure and facilities/ Health & FP 17 22. Table 2.4 and 2.5: HR status of Health and FP 17 23. Table 3.1: Situation of birth registration child labour, disability 18 24. Table 4.1: Pre-primary Education coverage 19 25. Table 4.2: Primary Education coverage 20 26. Table 4.3: Secondary education coverage 20 27. Table 4.4: Infrastructure and facilities of Educational institution 21 28. Table 4.5: HR status of Institution 21 29. Table 5.1: Source of safe water and water Coverage 22 30. Table 5.2: Sanitation Coverage 23 31. Mapping of NGO Programmes 24 32. Civil Society: List of Key Influential peoples and their contact no. 25 33. Name and contact number of Chair persons of 5 key standing committees 25 34. Important Mobile number of Union Parishad 26 Map of Burigoalini Union Part A: General Information 1. Background, Socio-economic conditions, Disaster Vulnerabilities 1.1 Background It is known from History that once upon a time Burigoalini Union was submersed by salty sea water. Day by day alluvium gathered at this area from Estuary Rivers of Padma, Meghna & Jamuna connection with Bay of Bengal. Then grows many type of grasses. After a few time mangrove trees like Garjan, Goran, Gaoa, Goal pata, Poshur, Bain etc grows there. At the British period peoples of nearest areas started coming here for collect Goal Pata, Fuel woods, Honey, Fish ect. Some time they need to stay here for a long time. Then they felt they need living place here. Fisherman, Farmers, Boatman & other poor peoples established their household here for their livelihood. This is the historical background of Burigoalini Union Burigoalini Union is situated in Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira district. The union was established in 1950 by the East Pakistan government. It is about 17 Km from Upazila head quarter and 72 km from Satkhira district head quarter. The present UP Chairman Haji Md. Najrul Islam was elected by direct peoples vote and took charge in May 2011. At present the Union is famous for crab fattening. About 42% people of Burigoalini union are engaged in crab fattening. They thought crab fattening is better than shrimp farming. The UP complex is located at Burigoalini. Total area of the union is 43.10 sq. Km. The Malonchi River separated the union from Sundarban. 1.2 Socio-economic condition: Present statistic says 19% people of this area depend on forest, 42% of people depend on crab fattening, 16% people depend on shrimp farming, 23% of people depend on agriculture,day labor and other occupations for their livelihood. 64% per cent (approx.) people are living below poverty line. Main occupations of the population are crab fattening, shrimp farming, agriculture, fishing, day labor, van/auto bike puller and small trades. The main crops is paddy and vegetables grows here. There are lots of forests cultivated by the government and private farmers. Fishing is considered as major livelihood and children are engaged in fishing boats resulted deprivation of their rights which is capital concern of education. Total literacy rate in the union is 45.50%, of which male 51.80% and female 39.44% (Census 2011). There is no government and private Bank in this union but it has 4 medium size village markets. However, there are NGO, Asa, BRAC,Shushilan, Caritas, Grameen Bank, NGF who are involved in micro–credit/financing programme. Shushilan, CNRS are works on good governace. In the winter season the people suffer for lack of work and earning ways then they goes far from here to earn for there livlihhod. There are 1.3 Geography: Burigoalini union is situated beside the world famous mangrove forest Sundarban at Satkhira district under shyamnagar upzila. This is the southeast part of Satkhira District. The Kholpetua River is flowing by the east side of the union, west side there is Isshoripur Union, and Atulia union is situated at the north side of Burigoalini Union. This union is spaded about 44 square kilomiters long by east to west. There are 20 villages in 9 wards of this union. 1.4 Disaster and Vulnerabilities: Burigoalini Union is one of the most vulnerable Unoin of Shyamnagar Upzilla. The union is situated on the bank of Kholpetua River which separated the union from Sundarban. The total area is coastal belt so Cyclone, heavy rainfall, and tidal wave hits almost every year and affects the people, damages their houses and crops, increase their sufferings which make them poor/ultra-poor. Sidor of 2007 and last Aila in 2009 effected badly on the whole population of this union. After the impact of these natural disasters now a days the people of this area is trying adaptation with climate change and mitigation. In the rainy season paddy, vegetable and other crops usually damaged by water logging. Fish farmer’s loss their fishes due to overflow of water. There are only three Cyclone shelter at the union. The Union Disaster Management Committee (UDMC) has assessed the disaster vulnerabilities and developed disaster preparedness and response plan with the support of LCBCE - UNICEF. 1.5. Hard-to-Reach Areas: There is hard to reach areas in this union as internal communication. Some Carpeting, solling and earthen road linked with almost all villages. Motor cycle and van are usually used within the union for communication. People do not face much difficulty to have access to social service facilities. Distance and communication mood are given below. Sl# Name of Village Distance from Union Parishad Mood of Communication 1 Khosalkhali 11 km Van, Cycle,Motor cycle 2 Bonbibitola 07 km Van, Cycle,Motor cycle 3 Mdia 06 km Van, Cycle,Motor cycle 4 Durgabati 08 km Van, Cycle,Motor cycle 5 Vamia 07 km Van, Cycle,Motor cycle 6 Khaskata 05 km Van, Cycle,Motor cycle 7 Abadchandipur 09 km Van, Cycle,Motor cycle 2. Population Profile: 2.1 Population in general According to population Census 2011 The Union has a total population 24913 in 5760 house hold and population density is 1069 per Sq Km. There is a variation on total household and population of the Union as “the holding assessment 2014” which was conducted by union parishad, itself, and enumerated the total population 24588 and the number of households 6111. The Union Parishad claimed that the holding assessment is updated and correct. Around 66.15% population are Muslim, 33.51% are Hindu and 0.34% are from other religion. The details are shown in the Table 1.1 in the Annex I. 2.2 Child Population: According to the Census 2011, total child population in the union from 0 to 19 years are 9926 which is 39.84% of total population (0-4 is 2,090, 5-9 is 2,781, 10-14 is 2,845 and 15-19 is 2,210. Community data provides more age specific information than census data and the total child population from 0 to 18 years are 8,912, 0-1 year is 230, 1 to 2 years 333, 5 to 6 years 267 and 6 to 10 years 1849. This gives a decreased population number than Census as usual. Table 1.2 shows the details. Part B: Situation of Children and Women The following chapters describe the sector wise facilities and situation of children and women in the Union. The following table gives a snapshot of the situation of children and women in the union: Table 1: Snapshot of Situation of children and women in the union Indicators Total Received Not Received Number of pregnant women who have received / not 580* 507* 73* received IFA tablets No of pregnant mothers who have completed 4 ANC visits 580* 482* 98* No of delivery take place in health centers (institutional No data available delivery) No of 1 year old children having / not having birth certificates 951** 146** 805** No of birth registration within 45 days of birth Non No of 1 year old children who have completed all the vaccines 951* 951* 0* and left out No. of children <5 with / without recommended weight and No data available height No. of children in PPE/ out of PPE 669* 669* But brac covered 52 which not calculated by education department No. of children in / out of school ( Primary) 2487* 2429* 58 JCF covered 305 dropout children through 12 ABAL Center. No. of children in / out of school (Secondary) 2297* No data for out of school children in secondary level No of children engaged in labor 104** Children with disabilities 38** No. of children not living with families No data available No of children below 18 who are married No data available No of households with / without access to safe water sources 68.95%** No of households with / without sanitary latrines 6111** 3778** No of female headed households No data available *administrative data, **community data ***BRIS data as of January 2014 The union has 580 pregnant women and as of December 2014 all of them have visited the health center at least once for checkup.
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